We started off hiking the Emerald Pools. This was a great hike for our family. We loved the red rocks and mountains surrounding us and the pools of water we saw. The boys loved climbing up any and all rocks they could find.
Next we hiked Weeping Rock. This is a short hike but a classis that you must see. Somehow I didn’t take any pictures. I think I took too many pictures on the emerald pool hike. Some passer-by even commented on how well my kids behaved for pictures. He said that I must have taken lots of pictures of them.
Our last hike was the Canyon Overlook. First we drove through this 1.1 mile tunnel through the mountain to get to it. The tunnel was so dark we had to turn on our car headlights. Then we hiked up, some parts holding onto a railing so we didn't slip of the canyon edge. At the top was a beautiful view of the canyon.
We spent the rest of the day riding bikes. First we rode prospectors trail. If you ask me this was a tough ride. But my boys said it was easy. We rode on a dirt trail up and down and over rocks. We even had to get off our bikes a couple times to carry them down the rocks/sandstone. The boys would ride ahead and every once in a while stop and wait for me to catch up. It was so fun to see my 7 and 9 year old boys zooming ahead of me and laughing as they jumped down rocks and stuff. They did so much better then I thought they would. I thought I was a tough mom but I think now I am a little wimpy.
After this bike ride we went and rode another trail in the Coral Canyon area. This was a paved trail and much more smooth ride on my tushy however there was a lot of up and down hills and by the end my legs were shaking going up some of the hills. Isaac would zoom right passed me and say "keep pedaling mom"
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